Example sentences of "[noun pl] they would [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they both protested , seemingly in vain , at having lines cut , they came up with their own solutions they would accept the cuts , but make do with them badly . |
| 2 | ‘ After the tent blew down we renegotiated the situation so that for 11 performances they would receive the same fee . |
| 3 | In our afternoon sessions they would explain the differences between folk music from the Gulf or from the Levant , between the good and the mediocre , the great and the awful . |
| 4 | On fine days they would walk the length of the creek , down past where it trickled under Deptford Bridge into the sports field at Saint Johns . |
| 5 | another mistake in the film was to suggest that in a a short franchise , say of seven years they would need a great deal of working capital , but they wo n't need a great deal of working capital or or share capital , they will actually be running a business where they get subsidy , because if er they 're involving socially necessary lines , like commuter lines , or or rural lines , then we 've made it very clear er that the taxpayers subsidy will continue , because these are loss making businesses , they will be bid they will bid for subsidy , and they will continue to get that subsidy , so they will have the flow of whatever income they can increase , in the passenger franchise , plus the subsidy , plus , and this is a very important point in what we 're doing in the restructuring of British Rail , you see , nobody up till now has said that British Rail is perfect , everyone acknowledges that there are big improvements to be made , the way we 're structuring it will get those improvements because the smaller franchises , not the great big monolithic nationalized industry , the smaller units , ha will be able to identify much more clearly where they can make the savings and where they can increase the revenue . |
| 6 | Many of her friends had stepparents , and few of them were happy about it : in their rambling and interminable discussions they would deplore the stupidity and selfishness of their elders in introducing into their homes strangers who were not of their blood and who insisted on peculiar foodstuffs and liked or disliked various types of music — whichever was most inconvenient and painful to the children of the house . |
| 7 | To help pull this cart at times they would enlist the help of a mule owned by old Dick Gooding at Holly Kill . |
| 8 | Every five minutes they would cadge a Bisonte from me , or a Lucky Strike from Dana . |
| 9 | In the ruins of The Hangman 's Arms they would find a green canvas portmanteau , a brush-and-comb set in a plastic case and a duffle-coat ( lacking toggles ) , some wear on elbows . |
| 10 | You know , he said just for the eh , erm , friendly he had when he was in the , in the Air Force , he was flying in and one of the properties in America was the big fat ladies they 'd pull the chain sitting on the loo and those loos there and it was |
| 11 | A leading article described the CNAA process as ‘ sticky and demanding ’ and believed that when the Council finally approved diversified courses in the colleges they would find the efforts to have been beneficial . |
| 12 | By increasing the number of general meetings for members they would have the opportunity to feel more involved in and would make the organisation more democratic . |
| 13 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
| 14 | So if they kept on flat out , every ten seconds they 'd go a further so many hundred metres , for ever and ever . |
| 15 | ‘ Tong Chou , ’ he said , using the pseudonym he had used in the Plantation that time ; knowing that if they checked the records they would find an entry there under that name and a face to match his face . |
| 16 | They had little hope of bringing up fresh provisions in these conditions , and if they lengthened their lines by a few more miles they would have no hope at all . |
| 17 | And on these occasions they would visit the museums or take a trip to Durham , or travel down the river to Shields in the ferryboat . |
| 18 | There were five informal carers who said at their first interviews they would prefer the dementia sufferer to be in an institution but who had not had that preference fulfilled a year later ( Table 5.6 : three in the action samples , two in control ; four in Ipswich , one in Newham ) . |